DETENTION DISPATCHES
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Voices from inside America's immigration detention centers.
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Episodes
Frightful Night Flights
September 18, 2020 14:03 - 17 minutes - 40.6 MBHow ICE Moves Detainees Under the Cover of Darkness.
State of Disarray
July 30, 2020 22:24 - 14 minutes - 34 MBHow Florida Has Become the Epicenter of ICE’s Shameful COVID Response.
Black Lives Matter
July 07, 2020 13:01 - 12 minutes - 17.9 MBDetainees at the Mesa Verde Detention facility stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
Pepper-Ball Rifles, Tear Gas Canisters and Shields
June 28, 2020 21:43 - 9 minutes - 20.6 MBThe Adelanto Detention Facility is again in the center of controversy, allegedly using protests taking place outside the facility as an excuse to mistreat detainees.
By The Time I Get To Arizona
June 22, 2020 16:42 - 12 minutes - 27.5 MBArizona has a long history of being home to numerous detention facilities, and currently, the state can hold as many as 7,000 detainees at one time. And perhaps its most dubious distinction is that since 2003, 19 detainees have died within Arizona's detention centers.
A Plea to Governor Newsom
June 08, 2020 03:13 - 11 minutes - 27 MBLimited protective gear and medical attention, dubious punitive and transfer practices, and crowded conditions that make social distancing almost impossible have all contributed to an environment at Otay Mesa rife for the spread of the virus. But so far detainees’ pleas for help have gone unheeded.
Medically vulnerable detainees fear for their lives | Guest: Jose Martinez Gonzales, Detainee at Otay Mesa Detention Center
May 27, 2020 00:03 - 10 minutes - 24.4 MBOf all the facilities used by ICE, Otay Mesa holds a dubious distinction. It continues to lead the country with the highest number of detainees infected with COVID-19. Among the approximately 660 ICE detainees at Otay Mesa is Jose Martinez Gonzales. Diagnosed as a diabetic, the 44-year-old Mexican has lived in the United States for over 30 years. He spoke to us directly from inside the embattled facility, raising the alarm that his and his fellow detainees' health is not being prioritized....
COVID-19 cases continues to grow at the Otay Mesa Detention Center Guest: Anthony Alexandre, a detainee at the Otay Mesa Detention Center.
May 15, 2020 17:07 - 5 minutes - 7.26 MBThe number of detainees infected by COVID-19 continues to grow at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. On ICE’s website the number of infected detainees at Otay Mesa is listed as 149, the highest known in the country's sprawling network of immigrant detention facilities. The San Diego Union Tribune reported earlier this week that 150 ICE detainees had tested positive for the virus and 67 U.S. Marshals Service inmates tested positive as well, bringing the total to 217 infected detainees at Otay Me...
COVID-19 Death at Otay Mesa Detention Center | Guest: Anthony Alexandre, Detainee at Otay Mesa
May 09, 2020 22:02 - 4 minutes - 10.9 MBThe Otay Mesa Detention Center in the San Diego County has become ground zero for the COVID-19 pandemic spread within ICE Detention Centers. San Diego County officials confirmed on May 6th, the first death of a detained immigrant in ICE’s custody of COVID-19. Guest: Anthony Alexandre, a detainee at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. He is one of the main organizers of the hunger strikes that have recently taken place at the detention center. The recent hunger strikes started in protest of th...